Fetal growth factors and fetal nutrition

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Bloomfield, F H ^a,b   Spiroski, Ana Mishel ^a,b   Harding, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Growth factors; Insulin; Obesity; Pregnancy; Prenatal nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETOGENESIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 84892443414     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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